Since the reform of the Champions League, there has been only one player who has won the top scorer twice without the team reaching the semifinals.

Let's start with a Sagittarius who has been regarded as a demon for two years - Gilasi.

Last season, Stuttgart emerged and won second in the Bundesliga, which vaguely reminds people of their heroic victory over the championship more than ten years ago. In fact, if Leverkusen hadn't been too awesome, Stuttgart would have really likely won the Bundesliga title again. And the most impressive one is their Guinea shooter Gilasi.

At the beginning of last season, Gilassi produced terrifying goals, no less efficient than Haaland. Although he was later surpassed by Kane, that was largely because Gilasi was injured in the middle of the season and missed for a long time, which affected the continued improvement of the data. This season, Gilasi came to Dortmund and still showed her traits of a demon. Although she could not compare with Kane in the league, in the Champions League, Gilasi beat many top scorers in Europe and fought alone as the first in the scorer list. He scored 13 goals.

Of course, the Champions League has not ended yet, so Gilasi's honor as the best scorer may be snatched away by Rafinia or Lewand, but to be honest, with Dortmund's strength this season, it is not easy for them to have a player occupy the first place in the scorer list if they are out.

This involves a problem. The team where the top scorer is located has not even scored in the semi-finals, which means that they have fewer games compared to the semi-finals scorer. Only such a shooter can better reflect efficiency.

Take the World Cup as an example. In 2014, Colombia, where J Ronaldo is located, stopped in the quarterfinals, but it still did not affect his favor with the Golden Boot. Imagine if Colombia reached the semi-finals? J Ronaldo is equivalent to playing two more games, and the number of goals is likely to not stop at 6.

and earlier Reinkell. Although the 1986 World Cup belongs to Maradona, from the perspective of the scorer, Reinkel is the best. England was blocked by Argentina in the semifinals, but did not delay Leinker's win of the Golden Boot.

Of course, it is still questionable whether Gilasi can stop in the quarterfinals like J Ronaldo and Reinkell. However, since the reform of the Champions League, there has been a player in this regard who has achieved the ultimate goal - he has won the best scorer twice without the team reaching the semi-finals.

Fanny.

Although it has been a long time, when it comes to Fanny, we will combine him with ultimate efficiency to evaluate him. From 2001 to 2002, Van Nicht won the Champions League top scorer, but Manchester United reached the semi-finals at that time. And the next few seasons will be the best time for Fanny.

Season 02 to 2003, in the Champions League quarter-finals, Real Madrid and Manchester United had two battles in which Mars collided with Earth. The protagonists may be Raul and Ronaldo, but the only one who scored goals in both games was Fanny. It can be said that it is a pity that Manchester United was eliminated when they reached the quarterfinals. At that time, Van Nie had accumulated 12 goals. If he continues to beat, he may be able to reach the level of Ronaldo later. Even if Fanny was eliminated, 12 goals were still the final best scorer.

What's even better was the 2004-05 season, when Manchester United was eliminated by AC Milan in the quarterfinals. Therefore, compared with Milan and Liverpool who reached the final, Van Nicht played 5 games less. But even so, Van Nie was the best scorer with 8 goals in the end. Of course, this is more or less related to the general poor output of top European scorers that season.

Maybe some people say that Fanny has played so many games and can still win the Golden Boot. Isn’t it because he scored a lot of goals in the group stage or the first round of knockout matches? But first of all, scoring goals is not a crime, and others can’t make it even if they want to. Secondly, how can there be so many weak teams in the Champions League? Just by Manchester United's two matches against Real Madrid in the 2002-03 season, Van Nicht scored goals, he can justify the top scorer.

Will Gilasi replicate Fanny's miracle this season? Let's wait and see.